If you love experimenting and trying new delicious drinks, check out our step-by-step photo recipe for frozen raspberry, blackcurrant, mint and spice tea. Video recipe.
Berry tea can be made in bags, produced by many manufacturers, but it is better to make it yourself from fruits that grow in the garden or are available in the freezer. For tea, the most common berries or puree cooked from them: raspberries, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, black currants, cranberries, sea buckthorn. Today we will make tea with frozen raspberries, black currants, mint and spices. It goes especially well in the morning, because mint perfectly invigorates. In the evening, a drink in the cool season will warm you up, and in the hot summer, the cold one will refresh and tone up.
Raspberries and black currants are berries loved by everyone since childhood, which are a concentrate of vitamins and microelements. They are delicious and healthy. They contain many different healing and essential elements for the human body. Thanks to these berries, this tea has a very beautiful color, like a Burgundy wine. The aroma is tart, bright and intense. The taste of the drink comes out with a slight sourness, so you can add a spoonful of honey, but not in too hot tea. Berries can be used in any form. In the summer, fresh ones are suitable, only torn from the branches, and in the winter they are dried or frozen, they perfectly retain all their useful properties.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 25 kcal.
- Servings - 2
- Cooking time - 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- Raspberries (frozen puree or whole berries) - any amount
- Black currant (frozen puree or whole berries) - any amount
- Mint (frozen or dried) - any amount
- Spices (cardamom, cloves, allspice peas) - 2 pcs.
- Melissa (frozen or dried) - any quantity
- Cinnamon - 2 sticks
Step-by-step preparation of tea with frozen raspberries, black currants, mint and spices, recipe with photo:
1. Pour chopped lemon balm into a thick-walled glass or teapot.
2. Add all the spices: cardamom, cloves, allspice and peas.
3. Dip the cinnamon sticks.
4. Add mint and berries. I have them frozen, berries in the form of mashed potatoes, and mint - with an ice cube. But products in any form are suitable.
5. Pour boiling water over all the ingredients.
6. Close the container with a lid and leave for 5 minutes.
7. During this time, the products will be brewed, their aroma and taste will be revealed, and the drink will acquire a beautiful amber color. Pour it through a fine sieve into glass goblets and serve. Sweeten the frozen raspberry, blackcurrant, mint and spice tea with honey or brown sugar if needed.
See also a video recipe on how to make berry tea.
